/vr/ - Retro Games

It's so much better than OoT it's insane.

Don't get me wrong, I think it's a great game and I understand why people love it, especially if all they care about is gameplay. But I feel like the game is really lacking in memorable NPC interaction and charm. It's not an empty wasteland like the original NES title, but it's a bit too similar to it in a bad way. Mostly in the way it handles NPCs, putting them in random caves to say a couple lines and hint you about secrets, instead of making their dialogue interesting or charming in some way.

The gameplay is pretty great and the difficulty is just right, decently challenging but never straight up unfair. There are lots of dungeons, which seems to be the main focus of the game. The dungeons themselves are good, but they do feel samey and forgettable, mostly because of the repetitive music and the over-reliance on switch puzzles. I've played the game several times and I still can't remember what most of the dungeons were like on the inside.

I think the main appeal of the game is the difficulty, the overworld exploration and watching Link grow in power as he gains better equipment and items. On that point, it's far superior to most Zelda games. But I still find it bland because it has no real story, interesting NPCs or locations beyond the first part when you escort Zelda to the church.

I guess my problem is that gameplay alone isn't enough to catch my interest. I think the series became truly charming and interesting with its fourth game (Link's Awakening) and has mantained a good balance ever since, but unfortunately ALttP feels too barren and empty to me when it comes to story and NPCs. The game is fun to play, arguably more fun than most other titles, but it feels pointless because I'm not invested in the story, the characters or the world. It's the only post-NES Zelda game that makes me feel like this. It's just bland. It needed one or two more towns and more likeable NPCs, so you have an incentive to replay it for more than just the bare gameplay.

I saw a comment on a Reddit post that said that a friend of theirs is currently serving a life sentence for downloading A Link To The Past

How the fuck can something like this even happen

My mind would be totally blown if they were actually telling the truth

>>5202356
Truth

Why’s this game so highly praised? Just started playing it recently and basically every boss just spams their attacks at you! I just did the village of outcasts dungeon and the whole screen is just filled with flying heads shooting fireballs at you with no hope of dodging every single one unless you use an emulator and slow the game down! Yeah go ahead and show me some no lifer pro player that doesn’t lose a heart in one playthrough... so anyways why is nearly every boss a “sword boss” that’s my derogatory term for bosses that to beat them all you have to do is hit them with your sword... I thought this was a puzzle/strategy game! I thought the tool you find in the dungeon is the bosses’ weakness!!! The only good fights so far have been aghanim (you play baseball against him) and that dragon with the metal mask (at least you have to figure out how to destroy the mask before you can damage him) every other boss has just been a sword boss!!! Now I’ve got a couple dark world dungeons left but I really don’t like this game the game boy ones are way better...

So can we like um discuss this?!? I’m special needs, alright? I wanna be a bunny... I wanna be a little girl...

SNES or GBA version? What's better?

alright so i just got done attacking ganons tower and completing it all i have left is side stuff and ganon is ganon a disappointment or is he fairly challenging? and should i do the side stuff before fighting him?

>>4458814
this

also alttp

>>4297006

>>3849075

Is it better than OoT and MM?

It's funner than OoT.

>ocarina of wasting time. muh atmosphere, muh nuzelda formula
>fedora's mask. muh game theories, muh bendrowned
>best

real best zelda coming through. the first one and oracle of seasons are somewhat close second and third but really every zelda since lttp has just felt like a watered-down version of it, trying to hit every note perfectly like it did
>dat perfectly sized map with significant areas p much everywhere, no space feels wasted unlike gm_flatgrass-i mean hyrule field
>dem useful secrets everywhere. ocarina and majora's secrets are mostly just rupees you don't need or flatout waste because your wallet is full from all the rupees youve never felt the need to use on anything. oh, can't forget masks that are useful for literally one thing for the entire game
>dat perfect difficulty, & speaking of rupees actually incentivizes buying the relatively expensive potions. rupees never feel wasted and every tool you find feels useful since enemy and boss encounters are all decent challenges and not power-fantasy jokes like in nuzelda
>dat progressive feeling of getting stronger, modern zelda has this boring philosophy where they only include what's absolutely necessary for the gameplay and more often the narrative. like usually the sword upgrades end with the master sword but you know what, fuck that. let me temper my sword and then throw it in some magic pond i found by my own volition and then have it turn gold ffs. fuck this green tunic, give me some badass blue and red mail to really solidify that feeling of strength. i want soldiers & octoroks and shit to be fuckin popcorn to me by the time my quest is done, i earned it.
>dat endboss that actually serves as a gameplay challenge and not some cakewalk interactive cutscene

i could go on and on. link to the past is my perfect game.

ITT: Video game music that makes you cry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSjJeZ8DOog

>>2607061
Chrono Trigger
Xenogears
Alundra
The entire Final Fantasy franchise
And last but not least pic related, the king of overrated retro games.

Also FFVI. There wasn't really anything wrong with them per se, just a bunch of obnoxious nostalgic manchildren who won't shut the fuck up about them and shitting on the sequels just because of their mainstream success.

Can we just talk about one of the greatest Zeldas out there.

The hookshoot was great.

>>2182578
They weren't rich..

But they weren't stupid either.

Anyone else think the world in ALttP feels a bit too empty? I feel like it could have used more than just one village and some more NPCs. The dialogue in this game can be pretty bland...

Still, the world does end up feeling really enchanting anyway. But I feel like it could have been better.

What are your thoughts on ALttP?

>doesn't involve time traveling